Daniel 2:12

Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

In Context

11For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.

13So the decree went forth, and they began to kill the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to kill them.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High. 1

Proverbs 19:12The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favor.

Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both.

Daniel 2:5The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if you⌃ do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, you⌃ shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.

Daniel 3:19Then Nabuchodonosor was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times more than usual, until it should burn to the uttermost.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:2-14

Nebuchadnezzar's Forgotten Dream. ( b. c. 603.) 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the… Read the whole commentary →

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